PABLO, MONTANA 59855 ISSN: 0528-8592
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NEWSPAPER OF THE SAUSH, PEND d'OREILLE AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION, WESTERN MONTANA NUMBER 10 VOLUME 19 NEW MOON OF BANDS SPREAD ALL OVER FEBRUARY 15,1982
Twelve months with Ronald Reagan: A progress report
President Ronald Reagan has been years to tribal and state governments 1983 is being prepared, some area in the White House for a little more and a myriad of institutions and pro- offices may see themselves shut down than a year now. If nothing else, the grams has suddenly frozen to a trickle, as their business is consolidated with man will go down in the history books, the competition for which is brisk. other offices. The goal is four to six some are saying, as having accom- How has this new federal policy of area offices, down from eleven, plished more change in one year than 'less is better' affected Indians? In a How are things faring here in Mon-three or four of his predecessors put word: Ouch! tana, specifically on the Flathead Res-together. Starting at the D.C. level, the Bureau ervation, 3,000 miles from D.C.? A tele-Depending on who you talk to, that of Indian Affairs took an overall cut of phone poll of federally funded tribal change has either been precisely what 5% but the way the cuts were made, departments revealed the following the doctor ordered for an ailing most of fallout hit individual reser- 'nutshell' accounts: America, or it's been the biggest dis- vations. Agencies and area offices Administration for Native Ameri-aster to hit the fan this century. have stopped filling many vacancies as cans: ANA currently administers a The most noticeable change took they occur, travel has been curtailed number of grants. Its energy assis-place within the federal pocketbook. and some programs have been aban- tance program is okay for 1982 but Money that flowed fairly freely in past doned altogether. As the budget for (CONTINUED ON PACE 19)
Employee bus service hits the highway
A year or more in the planning stage, the Tribal Workers riders, then pulls back onto the highway to hit the following
Intra-reservation Transit bus system is on the road. Other- stops, at the approximate time given: Dumontier's Service
wise known as the Flathead Area Rapid Transit, two vans Station in Ravalli at 7:10 a.m.; the St. Ignatius Community
leave Arlee each weekday to deliver about 20 workers to Center at 7:15; the Kicking Horse Job Corps Center at 7:40;
points north, saving some of the riders $70 a month in gas the BIA building in Ronan at 7:48; then Pablo, the last stop, bills. (CONTINUED ON PACE 2)
Spearheaded largely by former councilman Bearhead Swaney, with ample help from ANA, the transit system is m^ "™* um^ ""^
enjoying a 30-day trial period. INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
According to Jim Steele (Arlee Councilman), the schedule Letters to the Editor...........................................................Page 7
for the early bus, which he volunteered to drive, leaves the 'Around the Camphre"....................................................Page 10
Smoke Ring in Evaro around 6:40 or so in the morning. Ten "Charlo's People"............................................................Page 12
or fifteen minutes later, it pulls into Arlee (at the building Council meeting minutes...................................................Page 20
that used to be the Beehive Cafe) to pick up a few sleepy —? —* —? —+> —* —^ —+> —*